Jeremiah 44:1-30, NIV
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Bad, bad, bad. Not listening to God through Prophet Jeremiah. Choose to follow their own stubborn ways, outright disobedience to God and worship the Queen of Heaven in Egypt, the people of Israel all destroyed by sword, famine and plague (Chapter 42:22; Chapter 44:24-29)…few escape…watching over them for harm not for good..vs 28.
Period:Jeremiah, Johanan sin of Kareah, king Nebuchadnezzar, Pharoah Hophra (Apries) king of Egypt (Reign: 589-570 BC). In China, Zhou dynasty (1046-256 BCE)…period of philosophers such as Confucius.